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Boissier Choix 87 (P397562)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 87 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397562 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 15' | If the coils of the colon are 2 and are surrounded by a 'foot'-mark: the prince will exercise kingship over the world. |
| reverse 4' | If there is a mole in the palace, his lawsuit will be favourable. |
| reverse 11' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark in the palace and the 'weapon'-mark is pointed on the 'weapon'-mark and the 'weapon'-mark is missing: the king will die. |
| reverse 7' | If the coils of the colon are dark in the palace: famine. |
| reverse 5' | If the coils of the colon are dark in the palace: defeat will come. |
| reverse 3' | If there is a hole in the palace: a reign of long days. |
| reverse 14' | The palace is split. The coils of the colon are 2.... |
| reverse 9' | If the coils of the colon are white in the palace: the prince will take away the palace. |
| reverse 13' | In the palace the coils of the colon are surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and are recessed on the left. |
| reverse 1' | If there is a severe raging in the palace, strong floods will come, widespread floods will come. |
| reverse 2' | If there is a mole on the palace, there will be frost and famine. |
| reverse 8' | If the coils of the colon are white in the palace: the prince will take the enemy's land. |
| reverse 12' | There is a 'weapon'-mark in the palace. The 'weapon'-mark emerges and lies on the right. |
| reverse 10' | There is a hole in the palace. The lower part is elevated. The king's enemy will conquer his enemies. |
| reverse 6' | If the coils of the colon are dark in the palace: the prince will kill him in his palace. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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